1968 Hess Split Window Semi Tanker (Perth Amboy)
Original Cost: $1.49
Manufactured: 250,000
This truck is very similar to the 1967 Tanker truck. Each has working headlights and taillights operated by a switch on the bottom of the tanker, and removable hose. The decal placement on the 1968 Hess Tanker says “Gasoline” one the passenger’s side & “Fuel Oils” are on the driver’s.
- 1968 & 1969 trucks had a white base instead of a Red Velvet base
- The battery cover on the 1968 & 1969 has a round Marx Logo on them.
The 1967 did not.
- The 1968 address on the box says, “Home Office Perth Amboy, New Jersey”
- The 1969 address on the box says, “Home office Woodbridge, N.J.”
- The 1968/1969 boxes have a picture of the rear of the truck on one end and under it state, “Made in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong”
- The 1967 states, “Made in USA”
- All thee trucks have square trailer feet and have no rivets by the on/off switch